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Francisco José Acosta Espinosa
Data scientist, biologist
Education
MSc in Data Sciences
Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México
Mexico City
2018- -2019
- Development of machine learning models in R and Python
- Projects for the analysis of genetic markers and prediction of stock values
MSc in Marine Sciences
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Saudi Arabia
2010- -2012
- Evolutionary models for marine microorganisms with bayesian methodologies
- Thesis on the analysis of marine microbial communities
Bachelor degree in Biology
Universidad de las Américas Puebla
Puebla, Mexico
2002- -2007
- Thesis on the clinical detection of human influenza viruses
- Graduated with Cum Laude honors
Work experience
Data science internship
Cinépolis
Mexico City
2019
- Development and implementation of predictive models for movie theater attendance at both global and local levels
Editorial coordinator
Publishing house La Hoja en Blanco
Mexico City
2017- -2018
- Content creation and editing
- App and webpage development
Content and style editor
National Center for the Evaluation of Higher Education
Mexico City
2016- -2018
- Revision, editing and correction of standardized tests for the national teacher’s evaluation
Teaching assistant and graduate researcher
University of Oklahoma
Norman, USA
2013- -2015
- Genomic and genetic research, focused on microorganisms
- Development of statistical models for community analyses
Department chief in the Direction of Medical Services
Federal Secretariat of Public Security
Mexico City
2008- -2010
- Database administrator of the chronic viral diseases treatment program for federal prisons
Publications and congresses
Population genetic structure and fitness of Daphnia pulicaria across a pH gradient in three North American lakes
Hydrobiologia, vol. 85, num. 1 doi:10.1007/s10750-017-3316-y
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2017
Billy W Culver & Francisco Acosta
Conference Intra-individual heterogeneity in Prymnesium parvum ITS1 regions and its implications for the biogeography of a recent US invasion
8th Symposium on Harmful Algae in the US
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2015
Dynamics of an experimental microbial invasion
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, vol. 112, num. 37 doi:10.1073/pnas.1505204112
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2015
Francisco Acosta, Richard M Zamor, Fares Z Najar, Bruce A Roe & K David Hambright
Diversity of picoeukaryotes at an oligotrophic site off the Northeastern Red Sea Coast
Aquatic Biosystems, vol. 9, num. 1 doi:10.1186/2046-9063-9-16
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2013
Francisco Acosta, David K Ngugi & Ulrich Stingl
Poster Diversity of picoeukaryotes in the northern Red Sea
14th Symposium of the International Society for Microbial Ecology
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2012
Awards
Second place in the student scientific publication competition of the International Society of Limnology
Award for the article Dynamics of an experimental microbial invasion
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2016
University of Oklahoma Alumni Fellowship
Fellowship for graduate studies
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2013
Jenkins Excelence Scholarship
Scholarship for students with outstanding grades, given by the Mary Street Jenkins Foundation
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2002
References
Dr. Benjamín Gutiérrez García
Assistant professor at the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México
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